gyroscope

English

Etymology

From French coined in 1856 by physicist Leon Foucault, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (guros, “circle”) and σκοπός (skopos, “watcher”).

Noun

gyroscope (plural gyroscopes)

1. an apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.

Derived terms

terms derived from gyroscope

gyro gyrocompass gyroscopic

gyroscopic stabilizer lasergyro

Translations

apparatus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陀螺儀 (cmn), 陀螺仪 (cmn) (tuóluóyí), 迴轉儀 (cmn), 回转仪 (cmn) (huízhuǎnyí)

• Danish: gyroskop (da) c
• Finnish: gyroskooppi (fi)
• French: gyroscope (fr) m
• German: Gyroskop (de) n
• Greek: γυροσκόπιο (el) (gyroskópio) n
• Indonesian: giroskop

• Interlingua: gyroscopio
• Italian: giroscopio (it) m
• Japanese: ジャイロスコープ (ja) (jairosukōpu)
• Polish: żyroskop (pl) m
• Russian: гироскоп (ru) (giroskóp) m
• Slovene: žiroskop m
• Swedish: gyroskop (sv) n

See also

• gyroscope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• INS

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒi.ʁos.kop/

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Noun

gyroscope m (plural gyroscopes)

1. gyroscope

Derived terms

• gyroscopique
• gyroscopiquement